WALTHAM, Mass. –  The Brandeis University women's basketball team went on an 18-2 run that spanned the end of the third quarter and the start of the fourth as the Judges completed a season sweep of visiting Case Western Reserve University, 58-43, in University Athletic Association action in Red Auerbach Arena tonight.

TEAM RECORDS

• Brandeis, 12-11, 5-7 UAA.
• Case Western University, 7-16, 2-10 UAA.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The teams played a defensive first quarter. Case jumped out to an 8-0 lead after just four minutes of play, but Brandeis closed the stanza on a 10-2 run to tie things at 10-all headed into the second.
• The Judges stayed aggressive to start the new period, scoring the first 11 points to take a 21-10 lead on the Spartans following junior Abby Kennedy's (Half Moon Bay, Calif./Half Moon Bay) 3-pointer with five minutes to go in the stanza.
• Brandeis was able to maintain its three-possession lead into the half, going up 27-18. Kennedy had eight first-half points, while CWRU's Mya Hartje had seven.
• After the Judges scored the first two points of second half to reestablish their 11-point lead at 29-18, the Spartans mounted a comeback. The visitors scored the game's next 12 points, taking a 30-29 lead on Evie Miller's lay-up with 6:01 on the clock.
• Brandeis responded in a big way, holding the Spartans to just one field goal the rest of the period. Meanwhile, the Judges reclaimed the lead for good on a Caitlin Gresko (Howell, N.J./Howell) back-door lay-up with 4:58 left in the third.
• That kicked off Brandeis's game-turning 18-2 run that spanned 8:44 of the third and fourth quarters. The Judges hit all three of their 3-pointers during the streak, including two by first-year Jessica Maina (Bradford, Mass./Brooks School) and one by Kennedy.
• Brandeis took a 37-32 lead into the fourth quarter, and then opened the fourth with Maina's back-to-back trifectas that opened up a 43-32 advantage.
• The Spartans missed 12 out of 13 shots with four turnovers during the big streak by Brandeis.
• CWRU snapped the Brandeis momentum on a Nyah Moore three-point play, but the Judges never let the lead fall below double digits the rest of the way.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Brandeis was paced Kennedy and Maina, who finished with 16 and 14 points, respectively. The duo combined to shoot 8-of-16 from 3-point range, with Kennedy hitting 4-of-10 and Maina 4-of-6.
• Kennedy had a balanced scoring evening, scoring eight points in each half, while Maina exploded for 11 of her 14 in the second half, including nine in the fourth quarter.
• Kennedy also led all players with seven rebounds, while three other Judges had five boards as Brandeis outrebounded the Spartans, 41-30.
• The Judges also distributed the ball well, finishing with 17 assists on their 20 field goals. Senior Lulu Ohm (Waltham, Mass./Waltham) had five helpers, while classmate Gresko and junior Katherine Vaughan (Bedford, Mass./Bedford) had three each.
• Defensively, graduate student Elena Delicado (Madrid, Spain/IES Parque de Lisboa) was excellent, turning in four blocked shots and two steals.
• Brandeis shot 40% overall for the game (20-50) and 44% from 3-point range (8-18), while holding the Spartans to 26% overall (15-57) and 27% from downtown (7-26).
• Moore led CWRU with 11 points, while Hartjes had 10 and six rebounds.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Brandeis's 12 wins in a season are their best since the 2019-20 season, while their five UAA wins are their most since 2015-16.
• The sweep of Case Western Reserve is their first since that 2015-16 campaign.

UP NEXT

• The Judges will meet Carnegie Mellon University on Sunday at noon.